A new self-determination and pro-Biafra group agitating for the secession of the South-East region from Nigeria and it’s becoming a sovereign state has been launched.
The group under the leadership of Jesus Field Marshall, King, Prophet, and Dr. Robinson Ike calls itself the Dominant Force for Biafra (DFB).
Unhappy with the style of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) agitation to demand the release of its leader, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu from prison, DFB’s leader, in his first public statement, gave a seven-day ultimatum to Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed IPOB Prime Minister, to withdraw the enforcers of the sit-at-home orders in the South East or face the consequences.
The pro-Biafra agitator, who decried the untold economic hardship and frustration the Igbo living in the region were being subjected to by abandoning their means of livelihood in the name of sit-at-home, issued the ultimatum as he was declaring the birth of a New Biafra on his Facebook handle.
He said, “This lockdown is now a big embarrassment. I do not like what is happening. They declare lockdown sometimes for 3 days, 4 days, or 5 days. Nigerians, Hausas, Fulanis, and Yorubas are not feeling the pains, but we in the South East are.”
“Sometimes you hear of shootings; stray bullets from either the militants or Nigerian soldiers will kill our people. Even if these enforcers kill Nigerian soldiers, they regroup and come back to arrest, maim, and detain Igbo civilians. We don’t know the whereabouts of many innocent Igbos arrested because by the time the soldiers come back, the enforcers have escaped,” he lamented.
“We say no to this! Nnamdi Kanu and Simon Ekpa, in the name of Jesus Christ, 7 days from today, July 10, 2023, withdraw the sit-at-home order and put these boys down with their guns. Else, after these 7 days’ ultimatum, they will be flushed out of Nigeria.”
“The IPOB, or whoever is supporting sit-at-home, is restricting our people from going about their genuine normal businesses. Let all Igbos come out and join me who are capable of managing Biafra affairs both spiritually and physically,” he stated.
Ike also claimed that he was divinely anointed both by the Late Biafran General, Odumegwu Ojukwu and by heaven to emancipate the Igbo and become their king. He urged Kanu and Ekpa to allow him, as a Spiritualist and Field marshal, to assume leadership of Biafra land and liberate the Igbo, declaring that the temporary New Biafra capital would be Onitsha.
According to him, “I am announcing today the Federal Republic of Biafra. Onitsha will be the temporary administrative headquarters of the New Biafra nation. Before this time, I told everyone in Nigeria and outside Nigeria that today, July 10, 2023, I would announce the Federal Republic of Biafra, and that is exactly what I am doing.”
“Biafra as a nation of her own is born again today! Biafra as a nation is born to live and stay today! My message to Nigeria as a whole is to allow Biafra to start because there is no going back, no failure. This is the appointed time for Igbos, and nobody can stop us because they are greater than those against us,” said Robinson Ike.
“It is not something I initiated by myself. It is ordained by God, and I have told Nigerians and the Biafra agitators: Nobody loves Nnamdi Kanu more than me, but he has tried. Nnamdi Kanu and Simon Ekpa should allow me to take over the leadership of Biafra as a Field marshal. I want Igbos and the South East to be free, indeed.”
